blood meal

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Female mosquitoes that had recently taken a blood meal were separated and studied in the lab.

From Science Daily

“You need to be able to keep the blood meal fluid and prevent the host from kicking you out,” Dr. Ben Mans, who studies hematophages at South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council, told Salon.

From Salon

Toward the end of the summer, when mosquitoes have reached their peak numbers and start jostling for any available blood meal, human cases start cropping up.

From Salon

If you use bark, add a nitrogen source such as blood meal.

From Seattle Times

For both dengue and malaria, mosquitoes get infected when they have a blood meal from an infected person.

From Scientific American